Shoe-broom.



J. L. BURNEY.

SHOE BROOM.

APPLIGATIONv HLM) AUG. 19. 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED s'rATEs PATENT. OFFICE- l "JOHN L. ABUIR'N'IEIY', 0F CARLISLE,ARKANSAS. i

y suon-Bacon.

peeication of Letters 1atent.

i Application led August 19t-1910. Serial No. 578,011.

machines, and has for its object to provide a device of this character*that may be readily attached to a door jamb or porch post and will becomposed of a few simple parts that will not easily get out of order andwill be so arranged as to permit of a Worn-out cleaning brush beingreplaced with a fresh brush more easily than in devices of thischaracter hitherto.

" tional view'taken on theA ine 3--3, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the driving shaft' uppermounting. Fig. 5 1s a fragmentary seetlonal view showing the drivingshaft lower mounting.

Referring now to the drawing, the reference numeral 10 designates ingeneral the support which is designed to be secured by screws or similarconnectors to a porch post,

' door j amb or the like. The support is formed from a .single stra ofmetal aving its terminals bent lateraone of these terminals 11 carryingthe 'driving shaft uppenjournal box and the other terminal 12 carrymvthe driving shaft lower journal box, this lDatter named terminal belngarranged arallel with the door and being rovide at its outerend with adownturne foot 13 which is secured to the fioor by screws or similar.connectors 14. f Y A The driving shaft 15 is mounted in upright positionupon the sup ort and is equipped adjacent its lower en 'with a cir thebrush to the shaft. The brush it will be Patented Dec. 6 19110:.

cular brush 16,51 key 17 removably securing noted lies in a horizontalplane so ,that an entire side of a shoe or bootmay belcleaned when thebrush .is rotated. For scrapingiaccumulations of dirt from the brush anL shaped scraper 18 is bolted as shown at'19to r-the support and bearswith its free Vedge against the periphery ofthe brush.

For actuating the'driving shaft the fol-- lowing construction isemployed :-A bevel gear 20 is fixed upon the upper end of the drivingshaft and meshes with a bevel gear 2l carried upon a reduced circular'extension 22 formed integral with the uppermost arm 11 of the support.`fixed to the bevel gear 22 and forms means for rotating the gears anddriving the sha-ft.

For removably securing the shaft so as to permit of rits being raisedvertically whereby the brush may be slipped downward and removed fromthe lower end'of the shaft and replaced witlra new one, a; l bearin 24is provided axially with a square extension 25, this extension fitting1ny ar squared opening 26 formed in the uppermost arm 11 of thesupport.' rIhe driving shaft isjournaled in the-bearing, the squaredneck of the bearing preventing the rotation of the latter during therotation of the shaft. A collar 27 is secured to the driving shaft bymeans'v of a set screw or similar device 28 this collar-.bearing againstthe lower face of the uppermost arm 11 and preventing the displacementof the driviu r shaft. When a is desired to un the Simi: veaicuuy theset screw is loosened and the collar slid downward upon the drivingshaft when the driving shaft may be lifted bodily until its lower endclears the lowermost arm 12 of the support, when a new brush may beinserted in posit-ion in place of theworn-out brush. f

Fitted in a o ening 29 formed in the A crank handle 23 is aol lowermostarm o the support is a journal box 30 having a marginal flange 31 whichbears against the top face of the lowermost arm and retains the box inposition. The box is provided in its bore with a ball race 32 in wlhiriballs 33 are fitted and bear against th-L driving' shaft and permit ofthe latter being freely rotated. Both edges of the lowermost arm are cutaway as shown at 34 to form a scraper against.\vhich .the soles of theshoes may be rubbed to remove accumulations therefrom.

`brush removably lVhat is claimed is 1. A shoe cleaning device having asupportformed from a single length of material iaving astraight portionfor securingthe device and having outwardly bent arms one of which isadapted to be secured to a Hoor or similar support, .a bevel gearcarried by the other -of said arms, an upright driving shaft journaledin said arms and having a bevel gear 'meshing with the first named bevelgear, and a horizontally disposed mounted upon said driving shaft. f"

25A shoe cleanin device having a support formed from a single length ofmaterial aving a straight upright securing portion,

andhaving laterally bent arms, one of which a downturned foot vEur seisequipped with and further is equipped curing the device, with a journalbox, arms havinga journal box, a shaft rotatably mounted in said journalboxes, means for actuating the shaft, a collar 0n the shaft bearingagainst the lower face of said arm and movable longitudinally on topermit of the shaft being raised vertically free from its lower journalbox, and a disk brush removably scoured to the shaft.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature, in presence of twoWitnesses.

" JOHN L. BURNEY.

Witnesses: ROY C. MYERS, f D. L. Roms.

and the other of said said shaft,

